Shloka 3
नाना प्रकारके मनोरम शब्दों, वाद्यों, गीतों, स्तोत्रों, नृत्यों और हास्य आदिसे आकाश मुखरित हो उठा। उस समय भूतलके मनुष्य और आकाशचारी प्राणी सभी उस आश्वर्यमय अन्तरिक्षकी ओर देख रहे थे ।। ततः प्रह्ृष्टा: कुरुपाण्डुयोधा वादित्रशड्खस्वनसिंहनादै: । विनादयन्तो वसुधां दिशश्व स्वनेन सर्वान् द्विषतो निजघ्नु:,तदनन्तर कौरव और पाण्डवपक्षके समस्त योद्धा बड़े हर्षमें भरकर वाद्य, शंखध्वनि, सिंहनाद और कोलाहलसे रणभूमि एवं सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंको प्रतिध्वनित करते हुए समस्त शत्रुओंका संहार करने लगे
tataḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ kuru-pāṇḍu-yodhā vāditra-śaṅkha-svana-siṁha-nādaiḥ | vinādayanto vasudhāṁ diśaś ca svanena sarvān dviṣato nijaghnūḥ ||
Sañjaya said: The sky rang out with many kinds of delightful sounds—voices, instruments, songs, hymns, dances, and laughter. At that time, people on the earth and beings moving through the air all gazed toward that wondrous expanse. Then the warriors of the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas, filled with exhilaration, made the earth and all the directions resound with the blare of instruments, the roar of conches, and lion-like battle-cries; and they set about striking down all who stood against them.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how collective exhilaration and martial spectacle (conches, drums, battle-cries) can intensify aggression and hasten slaughter. Ethically, it cautions that emotional contagion in war can drown out discernment and restraint, even when combat is framed within kṣatriya duty.
As the battle surges forward, both Kaurava and Pāṇḍava fighters, elated, raise a tremendous din with instruments and cries, making the earth and directions echo; then they press into combat and begin cutting down their opponents.